With GI Bill at Milestone, Veterans Push for Campus Services

Steven Ferraro, the millionth recipient of the Post-9/11 GI Bill, joined Jill Biden, a longtime community-college professor, at a news conference in Washington.

By Libby Sander

When Jose Roman enrolled at Old Dominion University in the
spring of 2012, he thought he would find more services for veterans
on the campus than he did.

Fresh off a deployment to Afghanistan—his final mission in a
22-year career with the Navy and Navy Reserve—Mr. Roman soon linked
up with other veterans, and they pushed for a meeting space as well
as an orientation just for students affiliated with the military.
They succeeded on both fronts.